In the culinary universe, pasta should be as easy to make as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But if you’ve ever ended up with noodles that are flaccid and flavorless, something has gone awry.

One key step is to reserve a cup of starchy cooking water before you drain the pot. This cloudy, salty liquid is pure gold ...

If cooking long pasta, such as linguine or spaghetti, try using tongs or a pasta fork to transfer noodles from their boiling pot to the pan containing your sauce. skaman306/Getty Images 9.

Pastitsio is creamier than a baked ziti and meatier than lasagna. I think the classic Greek pasta dish should be part of ...

Spaghetti loves company, so don't leave your pasta while it is cooking, for timing is all.• Cook pasta in an abundant quantity of water, which means more than you'd ever imagined. One and a half ...

Our recipes are taken from Pasta Masterclass by Mateo Zielonka, with photographs by Dave Brown, which is published by Quadrille, £26. To order a copy for £22.10 until 13 August, go to mailshop ...

In her "Absolute Best Tests" column for Food52, Ella Quittner took on pasta.Quittner explains how she chose her control factors as possible and simplified the steps. For pasta, she used the same brand ...

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